ZerO One - ozOne
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Free Music Review: Lovely.
Hit: 5 Stars
Oh yeah this is a good one. Perfect for the long drives, perfect for chilling out with. Really nice effects and overlaps. Goes nicely with my collections of similar tunes. Free Music Review: Zer0 0ne - oz0ne
Hit: 5 Stars
STYLE
Clean, spacey electronic instrumentals. oz0ne is a bright collection of downtempo synthetics that combine layered melodic lines and phrases with programmed beats and a variety of effects and supporting sounds. Guitar chords, disembodied voices - spoken words or strongly effected songs, manipulated samples. The album conveys a sense of liquid simplicity - with uncluttered arrangements, each sound clear and rhythms unhurried. There are jazzy touches, notably track five Flashback, where a lolling bassline and wah wah chords underpin some distinctly un-spacey keyboard improvisations. Beats are lively and varied across this disc - with no attempt to imitate a live sound - peculiar blips and hits woven among more usual percussives - at times fragmenting or muted - constantly shifting.
MOOD
oz0ne maintains the polished techno downtempo tone set up on previous zer0 0ne albums - pure electronic warmth. There is a strongly computerised mood - programmed structures, electrified effects, digitised voices. The suggestion is one of space age exploration, molecular meandering, cyber travel - at times almost isolationist, the listener left alone with the glow of blinking LEDs and the flicker of screens. The strongly rhythmic content harks back to Berlin synth music - but the style is quite different, less European.
ARTWORK
Coming in a sharp digipack, oz0ne is fronted by a blend of techno-organic imagery and binary digits. The figures 0 and 1 run in a broad band across the left hand side of the cover, overlaying a hexagonal grid that works as a window revealing a cluster of three glowing spheres. On the reverse is a timed tracklist laid out on a similar honeycomb design. Opening out into three section we find an inner display that has a repetition of the tracklist on the left; the disc itself central; thanks, credits and label details on the right.
OVERALL
Zer0 0ne delivers a set of eleven digital wonders that show a clear progression of sound from his three previous releases. Having departed briefly for the release of pSy-fI via Spiralight, Kevin Dooley is back with Waveform once more making this his third album with Forest's US based centre of 'exotic electronica' . The approach is familiar - gentle ambient groove with a computerised, spacey aesthetic - previous fans will not be disappointed with this maturing evolution.
WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM
This vibrant album will suit fans of rhythmic synth music - if you enjoy digital electronica with strident melodies and liquid clarity this might well appeal to you. Why not try the samples on the web site.
Free Music Review: Fantastic!
Hit: 5 Stars
This cd is along the likes of Andy Pickford. If you like Tangerine Dream, then this id right up your alley! A must-buy for all ambient collectors.Free Music Review: OzOne is fab-WaveForm is fab
Hit: 5 Stars
WaveForm ZeroOne and all involved thanx again for another fantastic CD, one that should be treasured by anyone who has great musical taste. An addition to the Waveform catalog for sure. Love it! A special thanx to Forest for making it happen. May the "Forest Be With You"!Free Music Review: Outstanding Electronic Music
Hit: 5 Stars
I stumbled upon this artist because of links to the Austrian dub jazz group Tosca. The music is somewhat remniscent of Tosca, with very creative use of a wide variety of sound dubs. Also reminded me of Pink Floyd. It is almost entirely instrumental with very few vocals. Although it might be too electronic for some, I enjoyed it very much. I liked it better than Zero7, Air, Bonobo, and Blue Six and the style is somewhat similar to these groups.